[PDF] Women In Air War eBook

Author : Kazimiera Janina Cottam
Publisher : Nepean, Ont. : New Military Pub.
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 37,1 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN :

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Personal stories of women in three air regiments on the Eastern Front during World War II

Author : Reina Pennington
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 21,74 MB
Release : 2002-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0700615547

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The Soviet Union was the first nation to allow women pilots to fly combat missions. During World War II the Red Air Force formed three all-female units-grouped into separate fighter, dive bomber, and night bomber regiments-while also recruiting other women to fly with mostly male units. Their amazing story, fully recounted for the first time by Reina Pennington, honors a group of fearless and determined women whose exploits have not yet received the recognition they deserve. Pennington chronicles the creation, organization, and leadership of these regiments, as well as the experiences of the pilots, navigators, bomb loaders, mechanics, and others who made up their ranks, all within the context of the Soviet air war on the Eastern Front. These regiments flew a combined total of more than 30,000 combat sorties, produced at least thirty Heroes of the Soviet Union, and included at least two fighter aces. Among their ranks were women like Marina Raskova ("the Soviet Amelia Earhart"), a renowned aviator who persuaded Stalin in 1941 to establish the all-women regiments; the daredevil "night witches" who flew ramshackle biplanes on nocturnal bombing missions over German frontlines; and fighter aces like Liliia Litviak, whose twelve "kills" are largely unknown in the West. She also tells the story of Alexander Gridnev, a fighter pilot twice arrested by the Soviet secret police before he was chosen to command the women's fighter regiment. Pennington draws upon personal interviews and the Soviet archives to detail the recruitment, training, and combat lives of these women. Deftly mixing anecdote with analysis, her work should find a wide readership among scholars and buffs interested in the history of aviation, World War II, or the Russian military, as well as anyone concerned with the contentious debates surrounding military and combat service for women.

Author : Katherine Sharp Landdeck
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 24,85 MB
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 1524762814

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The thrilling true story of the daring female aviators who helped the United States win World War II--only to be forgotten by the country they served. When Japanese planes executed a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Cornelia had escaped Nashville's debutante scene for a fresh start as a flight instructor in Hawaii. She and her student were in the middle of their lesson when the bombs began to fall, and they barely made it back to ground that morning. Still, when the U.S. Army Air Forces put out a call for women pilots to aid the war effort, Cornelia was one of the first to respond. She became one of just over 1,100 women from across the nation to make it through the Army's rigorous selection process and earn her silver wings. In The Women with Silver Wings, historian Katherine Sharp Landdeck introduces us to these young women as they meet even-tempered, methodical Nancy Love and demanding visionary Jacqueline Cochran, the trailblazing pilots who first envisioned sending American women into the air, and whose rivalry would define the Women Airforce Service Pilots. For women like Cornelia, it was a chance to serve their country--and to prove that women aviators were just as skilled and able as men. While not authorized to serve in combat, the WASP helped train male pilots for service abroad and ferried bombers and pursuits across the country. Thirty-eight of them would not survive the war. But even taking into account these tragic losses, Love and Cochran's social experiment seemed to be a resounding success--until, with the tides of war turning and fewer male pilots needed in Europe, Congress clipped the women's wings. The program was disbanded, the women sent home. But the bonds they'd forged never failed, and over the next few decades, they came together to fight for recognition as the military veterans they were--and for their place in history.

Author : Marion E. Oelke
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 22,70 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Women soldiers
ISBN :

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Public law restricts female members of the Air Force from duty in aircraft engaged in combat missions. To implement this law, the Air Force has published a regulation which outlines combat exclusions affecting the assignment and utilization of Air Force military women. This Air War College Special Interest Item Study analyzes US law and Air Force policy trends in response to sociological forces. It also summarizes current international laws and policies governing the use of women in combat roles today. To add perspective, a thorough history of women's combat experience worldwide is presented together with a discussion of American cultural attitudes and a review of common concerns surrounding the use of women in combat roles. The study concludes with a forecast of the need for a change in Air Force policy and the prospects for a change in the law. (sdw).

Author : Amy Goodpaster Strebe
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,26 MB
Release : 2007-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0275994341

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Examines the roles that both American and Soviet female military pilots played during World War II; and looks at the Women Airforce Service Pilots formed by aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran and the USSR's first all-female aviation program.

Author : Jean Hascall Cole
Publisher : University of Utah Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,45 MB
Release : 1992-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780874804935

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An oral history of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs).

Author : Katherine Sharp Landdeck
Publisher : Crown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 18,79 MB
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1524762822

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“With the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, women pilots went aloft to serve their nation. . . . A soaring tale in which, at long last, these daring World War II pilots gain the credit they deserve.”—Liza Mundy, New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls “A powerful story of reinvention, community and ingenuity born out of global upheaval.”—Newsday When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Fort had escaped Nashville’s debutante scene for a fresh start as a flight instructor in Hawaii. She and her student were in the middle of their lesson when the bombs began to fall, and they barely made it back to ground that morning. Still, when the U.S. Army Air Forces put out a call for women pilots to aid the war effort, Fort was one of the first to respond. She became one of just over 1,100 women from across the nation to make it through the Army’s rigorous selection process and earn her silver wings. The brainchild of trailblazing pilots Nancy Love and Jacqueline Cochran, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) gave women like Fort a chance to serve their country—and to prove that women aviators were just as skilled as men. While not authorized to serve in combat, the WASP helped train male pilots for service abroad, and ferried bombers and pursuits across the country. Thirty-eight WASP would not survive the war. But even taking into account these tragic losses, Love and Cochran’s social experiment seemed to be a resounding success—until, with the tides of war turning, Congress clipped the women’s wings. The program was disbanded, the women sent home. But the bonds they’d forged never failed, and over the next few decades they came together to fight for recognition as the military veterans they were—and for their place in history.